Terrorism in America. 911 Attack on America.

B-1 Bomber -
U.S. Air Force

U.S. Dept. of Defense, DefendAmerica Web site.
The U.S. Dept. of Defense has a new Web site for information regarding the war on terrorism. Links to all the armed services Web sites, photos of aircraft used, DOD news releases, lots of interesting stuff.

Photo - firemen raising flag at WTC.
I notice in my logs, a lot of you are searching for the photo of the firemen raising the flag at wtc.

I have it on my home page.
Other copies: a copy of it is at an Arlington Cemetery site, with an account of how the photographer got the shot. (The previous site is not the official Arlington site. One is .com and the real Arlington National Cemetery site is .org www.arlingtoncemetery.org.)

On a stamp: The U.S. post office is selling the picture on a stamp. News article - Some proceeds from the stamp provide assistance to families of emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled in connection with the terrorist attacks.

Architect of World Trade Center
Minoru Yamasaki, (born December 1, 1912; died February 7, 1986):

"I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace ... beyond the compelling need to make this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness."

Report civil rights violations

Report hate crimes, harassment, any and all civil rights violations to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Toll free phone: 1-866-768-7227
Hearing Impaired, toll free: 1-800-877-8339
E-Mail: ocre02@attglobal.net

Know Your Rights:
What To Do If You're Stopped By the Police, the FBI, the INS, or the Customs Service.
from the ACLU
Read and print the online brochure - PDF

Request copies by mailing a printable form. - PDF

Request copies online.
(all require free Adobe Acrobat Reader to open)

Freedom Watch

Flag etiquette from Martha Stewart! :-) Also, how to fold the flag.

Freedom or security? Two articles from Wired.
Bush submits his laws for war - Sept. 20, 2001
Coalition to Congress: Slow down - Sept. 19, 2001.

Preserving Democratic Freedoms in Times of Peril:
Statement from Center for Democracy & Technology | Letter from Matt Blaze | ACLU Statement | New York Times Editorial (reg required.) Electronic Frontier Foundation alert

Organizations, Law Professors, and Computer Scientists endorse a Statement in Defense of Freedom.

The USA Patriot Act
Patriot Act's scope, secrecy ensnare innocent
San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 8, 2002
342 pages long, it amends 15 different laws. Hastily approved by Congress and signed by Bush Oct. 26, 2001 after little debate, it dramatically increased federal search and surveillance powers. The act scales back safeguards Congress imposed after 1970s revelations that the FBI, CIA and other agencies unlawfully spied on law-abiding citizens.

The Center for Democracy and Technology discusses the Patriot Act and outlines ways it changed existing laws.

The CDT has posted the entire Patriot Act text in PDF form. (You need the free Adobe Acrobat reader to open this.)

"... the Massachusetts cities of Cambridge, Northampton and Amherst and the township of Leverett, as well as the town of Carrboro, N.C., all passed resolutions that call the USA Patriot Act a threat to the civil rights of the residents of their communities." - from ABCNews.

The USA Patriot Act: We Deserve Better
by Robert A. Levy, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

Secret Deportation Hearings NYT, free registration required:

Aug. 26, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, ruled that the Bush administration illegally held hundreds of deportation hearings in secret.

Excerpt from the court ruling: "The executive branch seeks to uproot people's lives, outside the public eye and behind a closed door. Democracies die behind closed doors. The First Amendment, through a free press, protects the people's right to know that their government acts fairly, lawfully and accurately in deportation proceedings. When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation."

More on the same ruling:

Secrecy Is Our Enemy - NYT - free reg. req'd.
Sept. 2, 2002, Judge Keith [United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit] wrote an opinion, handed down last Monday by a three-judge panel in Cincinnati, that clarified and reaffirmed some crucially important democratic principles that have been in danger of being discarded since the terrorist attacks last Sept. 11.

The smart place to buy ink cartridges: 123inkjets.com

Join
1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
2. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

U.S. Senate passes bill to allow broader use of email surveillance -
Sept. 18, 2001

Congresswoman Barbara Lee's comment on voting against the use of military force in response to the terrorist attacks.

Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold is fighting a lonely battle for privacy in the U.S. Senate. - from Wired News.

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin. (Bartleby's reference.)

Reread
1. U.S. Constitution
2. Bill of Rights

ACLU Safe and Free special section ACLU - safe and free

A comparison chart on surveillance laws from the ACLU
On September 19, only eight days after the tragic terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the Bush Administration unveiled its proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), legislation that included many changes to the nation's current surveillance laws.

A great site to browse. Congress.org - Get informed on U.S. national issues, and issues in your state:

You might like the privacy related news feeds in my Start Pages.

Find your Senators:

and, at the state level:

Write to media
Also find media contacts for your neighborhood to write to newspapers, radio, tv, at http://congress.org/congressorg/
dbq/media/

How you can help

Donations
Red Cross

Donate to New York Times 911 Neediest Fund through Amazon.com

United Way Sept. 11 Fund is no longer accepting donations. Isn't that something.

Free Click for Charity - A new campaign starts in Oct. 2002.

"Click For Cans is an easy way for you to help your favorite NFL team in Tackling Hunger with Campbell’s Chunky soup! Just click on your team’s helmet and we’ll donate one can of a Campbell’s soup up to a total donation of 5 million cans."

Tackling Hunger Click For Cans campaign achieved its goal of donating 5,500,000 cans of Campbell's soups last year.

The Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund.
This is the one Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are lending their names to, to help promote. 100% of the donations will go for educational assistance for financially needy children and spouses of those killed or permanently disabled as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

The Fund will benefit children and spouses of the victims, including airplane crew and passengers, World Trade Center and Pentagon employees and visitors, and relief workers, including firefighters and police officers.

Helping in Denver, CO, USA
Denver area donation sites
Bonfils Blood Center - Denver Metro Area

Current 911 news is on page 2

Photos	Maps and Time
911 Photo Galleries Time Magazine's Photo Gallery The Guardian's Picture Galleries Yahoo's News Slideshows Photos from the U.S. Dept. of State CNN's galleries, maps, and audio, videos Photos from the Independent.com - Sept. 12, 2001 Photos from the Independent.com - Sept. 12, 2002.	Where is the Middle East? A very good 255K jpg map of the world with the mid-east outlined which can take a minute or two to load on 56K. Middle East close-up map Map of Palestinian territories West Bank and Gaza Strip New York City Neighborhoods Map Click on numbers to enlarge areas.
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